May 3, 2012
Peaceful Assembly Our Legal Right
by Azmi Sharom
The Bersih organisers, the Police as well as DBKL should have met as well as sorted out the logistics of removing such the outrageous series of people together in Dataran Merdeka for the couple of hours.
WITHIN hours of BERSIH 3.0 being over, we received an indignant e-mail from the reader asking me in no capricious terms: "Are you happy now?" The bard was furious during the scenes of violence, as well as we suspect we was the available as well as suitable aim for his vitriol.
After all, we have been the consistent supporter of the right to arrange as well as have gone upon record (along with 9 other concerned citizens) to demand which the Government allow BERSIH 3.0 to go upon but harassment during Dataran Merdeka.
Well, to answer the question, of march we am not happy which people, mostly participants, were 
injured during BERSIH 3.0.However, the little viewpoint is needed here.
If thousands of people set out to cause trouble, the damage as well as injuries would have been astronomical.The actuality which the series of injured was minuscule only serves to confirm which the immeasurable infancy of people went there with peaceful intentions.
The Police have been starting upon about how there would have been no difficulty if the organisers had just listened to them as well as staged the sit-in during the stadium.This creates them look in accord with to the infrequent observer.
Why insist upon starting ! to Datar an Merdeka when alternatives were offered? we desire to differ. The emanate is not about alternatives; the emanate is about the constitutional right of the people to gather in public spaces.
According to the Constitution, as well as the engorgement of international authorised documents relating to human rights, the only limitation as well as consideration which authorities should take in to account is with regard to inhabitant confidence as well as public order.
Traffic jams have been not the inhabitant confidence or public sequence issue.This being the case, the organisers,
the Police as well as DBKL should have got together as well as sorted out the logistics of removing such the outrageous series of people together in Dataran Merdeka for the couple of hours.
The avocation of the authorities is to facilitate this right, not to suggest alternatives formed upon their own convenience.
The assault upon Saturday is unfortunate as well as regrettable. It is hoped which all culprits will be brought to book. we would additionally hope which if there is to be an additional BERSIH convene in the future, less inflection should be given to domestic parties.It is of march inside of the rights of domestic parties to take partial in Bersih events, generally if they too have been calling for purify as well as satisfactory elections.
However, in sequence to minimise the usual accusations which BERSIH is the spokesman for Pakatan 
Rakyat, it would be advantageous if, in the future, the role o! f domest ic parties be more one of solidarity, with no need for speech-making as well as the like.
However, what has roughly been forgotten amid the accusations, blaming as well as finger-pointing, is which the largest ever group of Malaysians rallied together to demand purify as well as satisfactory elections.The actuality which so most people would take their feelings to the streets surely indicates which there is an critical groundswell here.
Our right to select the leaders must be finished in the approach which is above suspicion. The subject which remains is: "Are those who matter listening?"
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